The Amador County Sheriff’s Office provides security services to the
Court. Court security officers serve as bailiffs during
court proceedings, screen for weapons at the entrance to the
courthouse, and oversee the transport of prisoners to and from the court’s
holding facility and courtrooms.

ENTRANCE SCREENING PROCEDURES

No weapons of any type are allowed in the courthouse. Upon entry,
all persons are subject to search. All Court visitors,
including attorneys and public agency employees, will be asked to walk
through a metal detector. All handbags, purses,
backpacks, briefcases, etc., will be x-rayed. If you have a laptop computer, you
will be asked to remove it from its case
to be x-rayed.

Before entering the courthouse, please make sure you leave all knives or any other
object that could be considered a weapon in your car or at home.
Neither the Court nor Court-Security will be responsible for storing or
disposing prohibited items.
A more complete list of prohibited items is set forth in the
PROHIBITED ITEMS section below.

FIREARMS POLICY – LAW ENFORCEMENT

an officer designated by the prosecution as the investigating
officer in a hearing pending before the court,
are prohibited from carrying a firearm in the courthouse.

Gun lockers are provided for on-duty law enforcement officers,
who are not in uniform at the court on official business.
Off-duty law enforcement officers and persons permitted to carry
a concealed weapon MAY NOT USE
the gun lockers and must store their firearms in their
vehicles before entering the courthouse.

PROHIBITED ITEMS

Any firearms except those possessed by law
enforcement officers on duty,

regardless of possession of a “Carrying Concealed Weapon” (CCW) Permit.